Lehigh Valley IronPigs announce construction of new hospitality area at Coca-Cola Park

View full sizePhoto courtesy of Lehigh Valley IronPigsAn artist's rendering of the Red Robin Oasis and Tiki Terrace under construction at Coca-Cola Park. Click on full-size version to see details.

Fans of the Bud Light Trough, PenTeleData Party Porch and PPL Picnic Patio at Coca-Cola Park will have another hospitality area to choose from in 2012 as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs announced a new area under construction at the four-year-old facility.

Preliminary construction of the Red Robin Tiki Terrace and Oasis has commenced and the project should be completed sometime in January, according to IronPigs general manager Kurt Landes.

"This one reinvestment in Coca-Cola Park is, by far, the largest reinvestment to date in the ballpark," said Landes during a news conference this afternoon. "It is important for us -- even though we are number one in attendance in minor league baseball -- to continually be creative and reinvest in the facility and that is how we plan to stay number one in attendance for a long, long time."

Located directly above the bullpens in left field, the area will be highlighted by:

a 300-square-foot bar available to all ticket holders

A private group area for 48-64 people with seating for 48 fans in a section that overhangs the left field wall

Eight four-seat "islands" above the bullpens that includes waiter service

Landes said discussions of how to best utilize what he termed "the last undeveloped space within the ballparks confines," have been ongoing for three years.

"As the ballpark was being constructed, we recognized that this was a space that we had to do something with in the future," Landes said. "We just didn't know what the best use for the space was."

The pace of the development is expected to accelerate next week and work will continue daily on what is expected to be a two-month process.

Tickets for the four-seat islands will go on sale 10 a.m. Monday as part of a Nine-Game Mini Plans at $60 per game.

Group sales for the Tiki Terrace and all of the other hospitality areas at Coca-Cola Park go on sale on Nov. 1.